The optometrist won't FOAD!

[elfs]

I took Yamaraashi-chan to the optometrist's this morning for her six-month eye exam. It was pretty routine; she's healthy in all respects.

A couple of visits back, I blogged that one of the eye-test slides had a popular mostly net-only obscenity on it, FOAD, or Fuck Off And Die. I mentioned to the technician that she should probably fix that.

I had to laugh when I saw it this time. She had indeed fixed it. Y'know what it says now?

DOAF.

Comments

[elfs.livejournal.com]

These are actual slides, not computer-generated.

[solarbird]

What's DOAF? DIAF I know, but...

[elfs.livejournal.com]

As far as I know, it doesn't mean anything. I was just amused by how they simply re-arranged the letters. I suppose there's a reason for that choice of letters; the D and O look close, for example, and the page might be a test to distinguish between the two of them.

[solarbird]

Oh, okay. I thought DOAF meant something else unfortunate, but all I could find were innocuous.

[marketeer]

Plus, my eye doctor has me read the letters backwards some times.

[ladyallyn.livejournal.com]

*chuckles* -- we do that -- especially for patients we see a lot. It's easy to memorize something in one direction and very hard to recall in reverse. Just try to recite the alphabet backwards without deliberate concentration.

[omahas.livejournal.com]

What's DOAF? DIAF I know, but...

I think it's pretty obvious, actually.

"Die Off And Fuck"!

LOL!

Frankly, I like this version better.

[ladyallyn.livejournal.com]

Wow! That limits the choices massively, since there are only a dozen or so glass slides made and they are all based in the same optotype groups. Do they have the projector mounted by the ceiling and operated with a remote? (professional curiousity more than anything)